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Marine Fuels, Lubricants & Additives Review temperatures while maintaining stability and long life.

Steel 1000 is reportedly capable of withstanding high temperatures without melting or running, and is waterproof, washout resistant and resistant to most acids, weather conditions, salt spray, steam, oxi- dation and dirt. The product's cohesive/adhesive additives reportedly enable it to cling to metal surfaces, protecting them from water, dirt and weather.

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Jet-Lube Adds Anaerobic

Compounds To Industrial

Line

Jet-Lube, Inc. has added the Jet-

Lok line of anaerobic threadlock- ers, retaining compounds, sealants, gasket makers and epox- ies to its industrial product line.

The anaerobics augment a com- plete line of industrial lubricants, sealants, anti-seizes and specialty maintenance products. "The line was added to help our distributors source as many products as possi- ble from one manufacturer," said

Doug Dearing, Jet-Lube's nation- al sales manager.

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Brookfield Offers Catalog

Of Technical Papers

A catalog containing 70 definitive papers on viscosity measurement published by scientists and engi- neers from around the world is available from Brookfield

Engineering Laboratories. Among the products covered in the catalog are asphalts, lubricants, paints and coatings, glasses, titanium slags, plastics and industrial process controls.

The catalog also features a selec- tion of 24 standard ASTM test methods covering lubricants, adhesives, dielectrics and resins, and waxes and plastics.

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BP Marine Offers New

Engine Oil; Opens New

Barge

BP Marine offers Energol IC-

HFX main grade trunk piston engine oil. IC-HFX is specifically formulated to minimize sludge deposits in marine diesel engines burning residual fuel, and replaces

Energol IC-HF, the company's for- mer trunk piston engine oil. The new product has reportedly gained full approval from New Sulzer

Diesel, MAN B&W, Wartsila,

Pielstick, Yanmar and Daihatsu.

Energol IC-HFX is available in four grades — IC-HFX 303, 304, 403 and 404 — and is fully com- patible with its predecessor.

In addition, BP Marine was recently scheduled to open a new barge in Durban, South Africa.

Dubbed Pentow Energy, the barge will carry up to 2,700 cu. m. of marine fuel oil (MFO), 48 cu. m. of marine diesel oil (MDO) and 440 cu. m. of marine gas oil (MGO). (Continued on page 77)

May, 1997

HOW DIVERSIFIED ARE WE? ASHLAND CHEMICAL IS CHEMICALS, SPECIALTIES,

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TREATMENT- METAL WORKING • PAINTS & COATINGS • PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS • PLASTICS PROCESSING • SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION • PHARMACEUTICALS

SPECIALIZED SERVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR: CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT • RECOVERY AND RECYCLING • COOLING, BOILER AND PROCESS WATER

TREATMENT - FUEL TREATMENT - SHIPBOARD AND OFFSHORE SERVICES

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